Newcastle Could Have Three New Strikers Next Season

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

9:55am Thursday, January 23rd, 2014

Commented 147 times

Alan Pardew has been singing the praises of he 27-year-old on-loan striker Loic Remy today, and certainly Loic looked in good form in our last game at Upton Park, when he scored a good opportunist goal and went close a couple of other times.

Loic Remy – scoring at West Ham The squad has just returned back home after four days in Abu Dhabi for a mid-winter break, and our next game is at Norwich City on Tuesday night, where hopefully we can get another three points.

Here’s what Alan Pardew had to say about Loic:

“Loic was looking more of a threat.” “He had three or four great chances, which he created for himself.” “He played well, and that bodes well going forward.”

The big question with Remy is can Newcastle sign him permanently in the summer, but it seems the odds of that happening are slim.

Shola Ameobi’s contract runs out at the end of June, and we’d be very surprised if that gets renewed, and when you look at the news recently on the transfer front, it seems that Newcastle are willing to let Papiss Cisse leave the club, either this month – which we think would be a huge mistake – or in the summer.

So there’s a good chance that our top three strikers – Loic Remy, Papiss Cisse and Shola Ameobi will not be at Newcastle come September.

That’s why we probably should be bringing in another striker other than Luuk de Jong on loan this month.

And whatever happened to Bafe Gomis, unless Newcastle are looking to sign him as a free agent in the summer.

What do you think?

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147 comments so far

‘..I’d love to see laws put in place to prevent people taking profits from all football clubs and to also prevent any change to stadium, name, home kit, badge…without strong strong support from the fans..’.

I think they have laws like that in North Korea. I could be wrong, having never been there.

Maybe their fans are free and easy and voice their dissent on the web and have marches outside their stadiums to show their displeasure as they live in a workers paradise !

Repost: Just playing catch-up on the mornings threads. Regarding the Cisse post, it always makes me laugh when I hear players only moving if they are ‘guaranteed’ first team action. How about working harder in training and turning your form around? That will be the only way to ‘guarantee’ playing time. I like Cisse, but like most other footballers they need to have agents and advisors who can put an arm around their shoulders and tell them to buck their ideas up and stop feeling sorry for themselves when things don’t go their way. Same could be said for my favourite attacking player, Ben Arfa. If that lad had a quarter of the work ethic that renaissance man Williamson has, he’d be world class. There’s an old saying: if you’re having bad luck, work harder.

Look at listed buildings, even if you own them you must follow strict laws with what can and cannot be changed to maintain the historical accuracy and importance of these features of certain communities.

Surely a football club, most now have over 100 years of strong tradition, should also be protected the same way as they have equal, if not greater attachment to a community than a row of terraced houses from 1850.

I am not denying your point about who we drop points against. All i am saying is we have been doing it long before pardew turned up, including when sbr was in charge. We still lost silly games under him

I think willo has worked very hard since dropped last year to cut out all his mistakes that crept in (or as many as can be expected) and to also try and be more comfortable passing the ball out from the back, even if it’s just simple to colo or debuchy, or into tiote.

I hope that’s true mate, I’m very concerned for next season….Cabaye, Colo, Remy (I don’t rate), HBA and Shola (at least he makes up squad number) I can’t see much of new signings coming in, especially signings from the continent who’ll take time to settle in

Although some feel sorry for Percy he has 7 years left on his contract, can’t see MA sacking him and paying out for his contract and wrongful dismissal, he has a stronger hand now to go to the owner and ask for new players…..but he’s spineless and won’t because then he really will be judged

Catchy Yes at the moment Williamson playing his best football at the moment – top of his game. Keeps it going could get a surprise England call-up rest of central defenders either not getting a game or crap at the moment except for Cahill HBA – class act -but – trying to hard, needs to get his head up and know when to run/dribble and when to pass

Well come this summer we have an extra 20-30 (depending on league placing and tv time…i guess be around 25 mark). We have made a slight profit or broke even last couple years so we should have 25 extra in cash to spend.

Surely there is no excuse what so ever to not spend in the summer, that’s the final test I think for mike ashley, even with those who support him.

Would,nt it be nice going to Wembley to see your team in the final,instead of just hoping we finish in the top half of the P.L. No chance of this happening with this shower of shit running our club is there. Sad Mackems are,nt so sad today are they.There season is very much still alive,while ours is all but dead is,nt it. We are as good as safe from the drop,wont get into Champions League,dont want to qualify for the the other mickey mouse competition as we may have to spend some money on strengthening the squad. Very cynical view i know but this is the reallity of being a Toon fan,watching the club being run by this mob of conmen. Thats my point of view and it hurts like hell to feel this way after following my team since late 50s.

Willo took his chance because of injuries and the debacle of MYM against Lukaku!! How can Cisse find form sitting on the bench and being bought on when we go long as we have no plan B or when we decide to sit back and soak up pressure as we are winning

Wasn’t long ago the manager came out and said Cisse looked really good in training, in his last start he scored….usual scapegoating. Last time HBA started in the league he was best player on the pitch and got 3 assists all be it against 9 men Stoke but he looked very good before the reds…..how long are we going to blame these players!! When these guys move on and start producing for other clubs whilst the likes of Cabella miraculously drop out of form the clammed will start, if only we kept so in so, get rid of Cabella!!! Round in circles

Catchy – I’m glad you know the difference between working hard with the ball and without the ball, I find it hilarious when ppl say Ronaldo works hard, even Gary Neville has said he is the laziest player without the ball

Catchy, I don’t BUT if Benny grafted more in training (he’s carrying a bit of timber, right?) and knuckled down and just got on with it, he’d improve. His ability us unquestioned but his decision making is absolutely terrible as is his work ethic. Williamson is no where near good enough for where we want to be, but he’s shut me up these last few months as he has clearly learnt a lot from those around him and aerially he is fantastic (except when he goes up for corners!) Williamson also has rapidly improved his own decision making. He used to get the ball and hump it up, regardless. But i’ve noticed recently he is making shorter passes, getting his head up when he receives the ball too. Against the Hammers he even produced a class bit of skill down by the RB position in the second half when he dummied a pass before turning inside the attacking player. It just shows how far he’s come.

The best players are not necessarily the most gifted, skilfull ones. Every team needs the infuential, hard working, never give up type. The Keegan type, Rob Lee, even Barton & Nolan were all grafters who never gave less than 100% and didn’t accept any less from anyone else around them. It’s infectious when you play next to someone like that, and as a supporter it’s all you really want to see from a player. Total commitment to the team.

Now Catchy, let me ask you this, who do you think gives their very best for the team every performance: Williamson or Ben Arfa?

Sorry mate it just baffles me how fans could want such a defensive set up, just like it baffles me that Hazard and Ronaldo work very hard….not sure what glasses ppl see game in!!

You look at Man Utds team yesterday and especially in the games where Rooney and RVP don’t play doesn’t it amaze you how the media hype Januzai…..every week I hear they are looking at an 18 yr old to change the game for them…..this kid is gifted no doubt but he doesn’t work hard he doesn’t track back yet gets praised weekly because he’s capable of the unexpected, because he is the focal point of the attack….strange how mentalities can differ so much

Our toon HBA and Marvuex have never ever hit double figures for a season in assists and Marveux has only once just hit double figures for goals, HBA never has Please people stop presenting opinion as fact, these are two players who have hit top gear at any club at any stage of there careers, Pardew has plenty of faults there’s no need to invent them

Jesper No more out of line than you and others blaming Pardew for HBA’s form this season when it’s pretty clear the lads got something going on in his own life which is far more likely to be the key issue

It’s no more out of line than you telling us how Pardew sets the team up when in reality you have no idea about the preparations or instructions given

I agree with you mate, I haven’t got carried away by the west ham result….we beat a team that is struggling so badly with injuries and we couldn’t finish them off which is frustrating, they had Matty Taylor playing at FB lol. The first half was very pleasing and the 2nd half was shocking!! What concerns me the most is that Anita repeatedly gets replaced which makes the team look disjointed!!

Against Arsenal at home the biggest problem in my eyes was that Cabaye wanted to drop to deep, picking the ball up constantly around the defenders. This changed against Citeh and West Ham which was better….does anyone think that was Cabayes way of saying he could replace artery in that role for arsenal?

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